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waiwaiocha · 3 months

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新年快乐！✨

Happy Lunar New Year🥳

#qjj #cezhou #qiang jin jiu #将进酒

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waiwaiocha · 4 months

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happy new year！2024🐉

#tian ya ke #天涯客 #wenzhou #tyk

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waiwaiocha · 6 months

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BACK WITH MORE! Gu Xiang and her best step-dad, Zhou Zishu!!! More below on my thoughts.

I am. Lowkey. Very, very obsessed with ZZS and GX's relationship. Their chemistry is so fascinating and interesting and they have so many good scenes together. This scene is one where ZZS gets a bit of character growth, telling GX how great and cool she is. I feel like I could elaborate more on this in another post... ...because right now I don't have the brain or energy for it. Guess that means I'll have to draw more GX&ZZS to justify it!! haha. Big cheers to GX for being such a good character, though!! Also, this was made for my good friend Glitter :)

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waiwaiocha · 6 months

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Happy Birthday, Lanzhou!

#qjj #将进酒 #cezhou #qiang jin jiu

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waiwaiocha · 7 months

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And yet.... another..... Face reveal illustration.

And of course, another long post, LOL.

More thoughts on the passage below!

This illustration is born from a hyperfocus of mine on this sentence:

Ah-Xu... [...] Did... did I tell you that I like men?"

他忽然发现，其实对方一辈子都不将那易容卸下来，在自己心里，也从来就应该是��样一副模样，如今看到他长得竟如自己想象中的感觉别无二致，就像是……已经认识了他很久很久一样。 [Wen Kexing] suddenly realized that, should [Zhou Zishu] have kept the mask on forever, this was the face he'd have pictured in his heart. Now, seeing this face that exactly matched the one he had pictured, it simply felt like.... meeting again with someone he'd known for a very, very long time.

This, to me, feels like the comforting familiarity of knowing, of understanding a friend, feeling at ease despite the years, the distance; the feeling of meeting a friend IRL for the first time despite knowing them for years, and yet everything clicks--

To me, the beauty in this passage is in how the mask... never really did anything, change anything. Wen Kexing became friends with the person behind the mask, felt this deep connection for this man regardless of what he could look like, and seeing him, now, his face revealed, is that comfort of, yes--I recognize you. It's you.

What I really enjoy in TYK is Wenzhou's companionship, the way they understand each other so profoundly, and their friendship. The fact that they liked each other as people first, that they connected so well despite the odds. This connection between them makes a lot of the feelings mutual, and I feel like this sentence above, part of it is felt by Zhou Zishu as well; and removing his mask, although it is for practical reasons within the context of the story, showing his face to Wen Kexing is a way to affirm trust, both ways. I trust you with my own face, but you can also trust me--because I show you, I welcome you in. This passage... almost feels like a greeting. "Hello again, friend." except they've been tagging along for a while, now.

I used to wonder if Zhou Zishu was nervous about Wen Kexing seeing his face, as I do think he's a bit self-conscious about his frail body and struggles to understand Wen Kexing's big declaration of attraction to him--sort of like, "will he still like me, what will he think of my face?". I don't really stand by that anymore, because my understanding of ZZS has changed since then. It really feels more like, it's fine, we know each other, we're friends anyway now whether I like it or not. I wonder, is he a bit happy that he gets to greet WKX with his real face? He mentions having counted on keeping his mask until he dies, but... ? It's pretty obvious that at this point in the story, ZZS is already deeply fond of WKX, so I can't help but feel like he is happy, deep down, that he gets to make that connection.

For WKX, it must be comforting, but also quite bittersweet. His appreciation, his growing love for ZZS, only comforted by this familiarity, this acknowledgement of companionship, of ease together, while he is so deeply aware that ZZS is condemned... I feel like at this moment, he must want to hug him, to keep him close, and think, I wish I could have him longer, I wish he could stay; for he's the only friend he's ever had, for he never connected with someone like that before.

Now to adress the elephant in the room and jump onto the next topic, I keep saying "friend", "companion". Needless to say that I am well aware that wenzhou have a romantic+ bond, but I just feel like this part highlights this aspect of their relationship that I profoundly cherish. And thus we reach WKX's very famous line:

It's hilarious, perfectly timed, but I especially love how I feel like, rather than highlighting how gorgeous or attractive ZZS could be, this is yet another way for WKX to lighten his own mood, to detach himself from the deeper feelings, the longing, the fondess, the comfort--given how untimely this all is. It hurts, to feel attached to ZZS as a person, because he's going to die soon, while joking about fucking and being gay always works, and it has the benefit to make ZZS flustered.

So yeah, point is, I'm obsessed with that scene.

Also, obligatory reference to the past versions, which I noticed make sort of a nice movement? haha.

I'm not really standing by the first one anymore, but it works in that context!

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waiwaiocha · 8 months

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First light

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waiwaiocha · 8 months

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Wen Kexing and the most famous male Flower Queen of Jianghu, Su Yue!

And the handkerchief that triggered Zhou Zishu's first little jealousy crisis in TYK hehe. More info and the quote below!

Zhou Zishu knew deep down that he was right, but he still glanced at Wen Kexing’s handkerchief with disdain. It emanated some delicate fragrance, like cosmetics, with a cluster of orchids embroidered in the corner; small, yet exceedingly refined. Too large to belong to a young woman, and the design was too plain by far, yet if it belonged to a man… what kind of grown man would carry around something like this? He couldn’t resist shooting Wen Kexing a strange look. There was nobody else present, so Zhou Zishu teased him back directly: “I say, why do you have a young lady’s token? Could it be that you’ve got an embarrassing secret?” Wen Kexing had been carefully wiping away the coagulated blood and ragged clothing threads, but when he heard these words, he pressed harder and—expressionlessly—tore off the sleeve piece that had been stuck to Zhou Zishu’s wound. Zhou Zishu hissed; his features contorted. Calm, as though nothing had happened, Wen Kexing replied: “This was a personal gift from Su Yue-gongzi, the reigning blossom of Yangzhou. You’d look less ignorant if you said a little less.” He straightaway ripped Su Yue-gongzi’s personal gift into strips and used them to bind Zhou Zishu’s wound. Zhou Zishu didn’t know that Jiangnan had such liberal ways. Even in the capital of yore, thirty miles from the Full Moon River and ruled by the old libertine emperor at the height of his extravagance, nobody ever heard of a man being celebrated as a famous courtesan. Thus Zhou Zishu had spoken without thinking.

Chapter 13, translation by Lianzi. I really wanted to represent WKX enjoying some good time before the start of TYK, and not only through NSFW art (which I've done once or twice before). My desire here was to convey a peaceful atmosphere of WKX enjoying what he likes the most, good food, a beautiful man and the atmosphere of brothels. I have personal headcanons regarding his sexuality and relationship to brothels, and do feel like it's a calming, safe space for him. I'm especially happy with the color scheme, even though it's absolutely not what I initially planned to go with, and am glad with how the embroideries came out!

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waiwaiocha · 8 months

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teehee

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waiwaiocha · 8 months

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I am in the process of reading their story.🫧

#将進酒 #qjj #qiang jin jiu #cezhou

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waiwaiocha · 9 months

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No thoughts, just a bunch of wenzhou kisses!

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waiwaiocha · 9 months

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Happy WenZhou!!!!

I love Wen Kexing looking so genuinely happy to love his husband like he does. I love their fun and goofy team!!!

(the title was meant to signify "wenzhou being happy", but it sounds like i'm wishing you guys "happy wenzhou", which i'm 100% here for!!!)

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waiwaiocha · 9 months

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I'm still by Mt Fengya it seems 🤡🤡🤡

I just really like ZZS coming to save his wife up there. I felt a bit ambitious composition-wise but it turned out alright!! I just love how precise and confident he is handling Baiyi. For info; I also love that Baiyi is barely ever used in the book, making pebbles ZZS' weapon of choice and Baiyi a very exceptional, extra weapon... ...which do make the scenes where it appears even more striking. Additionally, I like how he goes for the arms holding the weapons first and foremost; some died, some didn't, but the primary focus was to disarm and that feels very professional/focused on the matter at hand (🤪) which I love. Our ZZS is efficient. Also, another note on how Baiyi is always described as so bright and elegant and striking... What a weapon!! What a wielder!!

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waiwaiocha · 9 months

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Two moody pieces illustrating Wen Kexing, Zhou Zishu and Zhang Chengling travelling. They both functioned as studies, as way for me to explore and test things out with brush and artstyle. That's it haha for once I don't have much to say.

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waiwaiocha · 9 months

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